On Wednesday, the day before game day, we looked through the screen door to find a car with some snow on it but still went to school to see the large pot of soup the kids in Ms. Blumenshine's class had made. I served this bowl as the kids sat down and Anna and Ben posed for the camera while Devin made a goony face and then a nice one for me to record as Stephanie Klockenbrink finally looked up at the camera but Kurren didn't to the amusement of Ms. Hicks (ESL teacher) who then passed out muffins as spoons were passed to Andy Ie's grandparents who had arrived and were chatting with Ms. Hunter (Science) and Ms. Bluemnshine, Ben's teacher as the kids gathered and then formed the dumpling line before returning to the feast where Megan posed and then Benjamin sat then looked up then stood up so that I could get my pictures and the final table picture that went with the muffins as a game of bug house started up and I headed for home where these pies were delivered by Sara Just for the next day's feast. Jane came home from school excited having gotten the right count of the number of Swedish fish in the bag. So we decided to celebrate by going to a movie and this was our view driving back up Witherspoon street of the road ahead and our meters in the car. Sarah came home for the holiday and we served con queso dip as Jane admired the pasta which looked better without flash and was accompanied by a fruit plate the leftover Mexican dish and lettuce all getting us ready for a good sleep before the game.